The one thing about shopping online is, once paid for by your credit card you tend to forget about the item until it arrives, it’s not the instant gratification that you get when compared to shopping in the mall. So once I placed the order and downloaded the plans, received the conformation email I didn’t [...]
In my previous post I shared with you the thinking behind the madness in wanting to build the Jungle Gym for my children and all the components that I was going to purchase, anyway the deed is done and I have downloaded the build plans from Detailed Play Systems. This will suppliment the real booklet [...]
In my previous post I was quite excited about selecting the components for the swing set for the backyard and after down loading the catalog I sat down with the family to decide what we would go with. The first reaction was to go for the Jungle Fort Swing Set plus Tower but after marking [...]
I don’t know if it’s just my age but children these days seem to be ever increasingly active. In our back yard we have an outdoor swing set that was generously given to us by our neighbor, who’s children had grown too big for it. For me this was the perfect interim until I could [...]
I’ve had several requests as of late from the few visitors that I have and their main question is; “What type of timber would I recommend for carving?” This leads me to think of all the exotic timbers that are available, then again, most of the people who are asking are novices starting out themselves. [...]
Here we are in March and a post has been a long time a coming and I thought I would start off again with the basic conception on how would you start carving. Many people like the idea or the romance of producing their own carved forms be it for display in their own home [...]